《喬布斯傳》筆記:不給我工作我就不走了
【英語(yǔ)原文】
Atari”s founder was a burly entrepreneur named Nolan Bushnell， who was a charismatic visionary with a nice touch of showmanship in him—in other words， another role model waiting to be emulated. After he became famous， he liked driving around in a Rolls， smoking dope， and holding staff meetings in a hot tub. As Jobs would learn to do， he was able to turn charm into a cunning force， to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality. His chief engineer was Al Alcorn， beefy and jovial and a bit more grounded， the house grown-up trying to implement the vision and curb the enthusiasms of Bushnell. Their big hit thus far was a video game called Pong， in which two players tried to volley a blip on a screen with two movable lines that acted as paddles. （If you”re under thirty， ask your parents.）When Jobs arrived in the Atari lobby wearing sandals and demanding a job， Alcorn was the one who was summoned. “I was told， “We”ve got a hippie kid in the lobby. He says he”s not going to leave until we hire him. Should we call the cops or let him in？” I said bring him on in！” “In retrospect， it was weird to hire a dropout from Reed，” Alcorn recalled. “But I saw something in him. He was very intelligent， enthusiastic， excited about tech.” （Chapter 4 Atari and India： Atari）
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【譯文】
雅達(dá)利電腦游戲公司的創(chuàng)始人叫諾蘭·布什內(nèi)爾，他是一個(gè)身材魁梧的企業(yè)家，一個(gè)魅力四射表現(xiàn)力十足的夢(mèng)想家。換句話說(shuō)，又是一個(gè)人們會(huì)競(jìng)相模仿的偶像。出名之后，他喜歡開著一輛勞斯萊斯四處轉(zhuǎn)悠，吸毒成癮，喜歡在按摩浴缸里開員工會(huì)議。他身上有一種能力喬布斯后來(lái)學(xué)到了，那就是能把魅力變成巧妙的說(shuō)服力，利用人格的力量，哄騙、脅迫和扭曲的手段都用上，改變事實(shí)。他手下的總工程師叫阿爾·奧爾康，身材健壯，天性活潑，更加腳踏實(shí)地。他是雅達(dá)利大家庭的家長(zhǎng)，努力實(shí)現(xiàn)著布什內(nèi)爾的愿景，同時(shí)又克制著他的熱情。他們的經(jīng)典之作是街機(jī)電子游戲《乒乓》（又名跳跳彈子臺(tái)），這個(gè)游戲規(guī)則很簡(jiǎn)單：兩個(gè)玩家利用兩條移動(dòng)的光標(biāo)當(dāng)球拍，互相擊打屏幕上的圓點(diǎn)。（要是你沒(méi)到30歲，那回家問(wèn)問(wèn)父母這個(gè)游戲是怎么玩的。）當(dāng)腳穿涼鞋的喬布斯初次來(lái)到雅達(dá)利找工作的時(shí)候，奧爾康也得到了通知。“他們跟我說(shuō)，大廳里有個(gè)嬉皮男孩來(lái)找工作，不雇他他就賴著不走了。叫警察還是讓他進(jìn)來(lái)？我說(shuō)把他帶進(jìn)來(lái)吧?！彼髞?lái)回憶道：“現(xiàn)在回頭想想，雇個(gè)里德學(xué)院的退學(xué)生真的還蠻奇怪的，不過(guò)我在他身上看到了一些東西，他很聰明，對(duì)科技有熱情有干勁。” <a hReF=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiform.html>蘇州吳中作文輔導(dǎo)班</a>
【翻譯筆記】
1.in retrospect： 回顧往事，檢討過(guò)去
In retrospect， it was somewhat hasty to choose this major.
回想起來(lái)，當(dāng)初選擇這個(gè)專業(yè)有點(diǎn)草率。
The first part mainly reviews the achievements related to this research in retrospect.
第一部分，主要回顧了與本研究相關(guān)的研究成果。
2．描寫外貌和個(gè)性特征的詞匯/短語(yǔ)：
外貌： burly： 身材魁梧的 beefy： 身體健壯的
個(gè)性： showmanship： 表現(xiàn)力 cunning force： 說(shuō)服力 the power of personality： 人格的力量
grounded： 腳踏實(shí)地的 jovial： 天性活潑的
For all the talk about style and showmanship， Mr Prince says there is one thing that matters.
對(duì)于有關(guān)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)風(fēng)格和表現(xiàn)力的說(shuō)法，普林斯表示，有一點(diǎn)非常重要。
Great people can control difficult situation by the power of personality.
偉人能以人格的力量來(lái)控制困難的局面。 <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiform.html>蘇州閱讀寫作培訓(xùn)</a>
3. Atari and Pong： 1972年25歲的諾蘭·布什內(nèi)爾白手起家創(chuàng)業(yè)成立雅達(dá)利電腦游戲公司，推出風(fēng)靡全球的電腦游戲《乒乓》。Atari名字起源于日本象棋，指的是象棋中那句殺棋的吆喝聲“將軍”。雅達(dá)利出品的經(jīng)典雅達(dá)利2600是人類歷史上生命力最長(zhǎng)的游戲機(jī)。1998年雅達(dá)利全部專利被買斷，退出IT業(yè)。
《《喬布斯傳》筆記:不給我工作我就不走了》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
